A cloud service is a resource that is provided over the Internet. The most common cloud service resources are Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, and Software as a Service.

A cloud service can dynamically scale to meet the needs of its users, because the service provider supplies the necessary resources for the service, there is no need for a company to deploy its own resources to manage the service.

CloudPortal™ Business Manager uses bootstrapping process to provision machines for managing the services required to deploy applications.